Structural evolution of Andros (Cyclades, Greece): A key to the behaviour of a (flat) detachment within an extending continental crust

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 291, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-73

  Mehl, Caroline ^a   Jolivet, L ^a   Lacombe, O ^a   Labrousse, L ^a   Rimmele, G ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR BAND;

ANDROS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MOUNT OLYMPUS; NAXOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY; TINOS;

EID: 38749107821     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP291.3     Document Type: Article

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